>Mikito Harakiri apparently said,on my timestamp of 10/07/2004 5:40 AM:>>> wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au (Noons) wrote in message news:<73e20c6c.0407082252.14e6fd5c_at_posting.google.com>...>> >>>>Unfortunately Oracle can not process this request directly. >>>>>>Correction: NO DATABASE whatsoever can process that query,>>>not just Oracle.>> >> You have to make a little research before dumping blant statements.>> What fundamental limitation on the implementation side would make>> processing such query impossible?>>You have to make a little bit more research before dumping refutations>like that: which database can cope with 20000 elements in an in-list?